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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:T-6J Texan
    Last Military Serial:MM53829 AMI
    Construction Number:CCF-4-387
    Last Civil Registration:N52494
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry T-6J sn MM...
    Latest Owner or Location:Navy Flight Trainer Llc, Salem, SC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-6J by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Can.
    Built for Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) for overseas.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17205.
    Aircraft was not taken on strength with USAF, rather it was procured for MDAP for Italy.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with s/n MM53829 and operated with these markings: SC-73.

    By March 1981

    To US Defense Logistics Agency.

    Circa March 1981

    To unknown owner with c/r N13636 (HARVARD MK IV, 53829).
    Sold by the Logistics Agency to an unknown owner.

    By January 1984

    Civil registration, N13636, cancelled.

    January 1984

    To Robert H. Jens, Vancouver, BC with new c/r C-FCLJ.

    July 1985

    To Jerry C. Janes, Vancouver, BC with new c/r C-GJCJ.

    November 1987

    Civil registration, C-GJCJ, cancelled.
    Sold to USA.

    8 March 1988

    To W. F. Berry, Modesto, CA with new c/r N52494.

    6 May 1988

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX52494 (HARVARD MK IV, CCF4-387) issued.

    From 1989 to 2009

    To Donald F. Monaco, Trustee, Modesto, CA keeping c/r N52494.

    1 June 1990


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Photographed at Merced, CA.

    Based at Shafter Minter Field, Cawelo, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    6 August 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Aurora, IL

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX52494 (HARVARD MK IV, CCF4-387) issued.

    17 December 2012

    To JSJ Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N52494.

    17 December 2012

    To JSJ Llc, Chesterfield, MO keeping c/r N52494.

    15 January 2020

    To Rich Lucas Aircraft Sales Llc, Lincoln Park, NJ keeping c/r N52494.

    19 February 2020

    To Chris J. Price, Catawba, NC keeping c/r N52494.

    27 April 2020

    To Rich Lucas Aircraft Sales Llc, Lincoln Park, NJ keeping c/r N52494.

    8 January 2021

    Civil registration, N52494, cancelled.

    29 July 2022


    Photographer: Robin MORET
    Notes: EAA AirVenture 2022, Oshkosh, WI

    17 December 2022

    To Navy Flight Trainer Llc, Salem, SC keeping c/r N52494.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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